Events


Join labor activists from Philadelphia and beyond to strategize, share skills, and learn ways to organize to win. Troublemakers Schools are day-long mini-conferences that cover organizing skills and highlight real-world examples of taking on the boss and winning. Date: December 7, 2024, 10:00 am to 5:00 p.m. Location: Arch St. Meeting House, 320 Arch St, Philadelphia, PA 19106 »
This workshop has limited capacity and is for stewards and elected officers who work with stewards—not staff. Please register only if this applies to you. As the union's most active members in the workplace, stewards can regularly find themselves in conflict with supervisors. Sometimes this is just part of the job. But sometimes, stewards come up against particularly difficult supervisors who try to undermine the union at every turn. Join Labor Notes and other stewards from a variety of industries to talk about strategies for handling bad management. »
How does racism show up in our workplaces and in our unions? What are some strategies to confront it and build solidarity for a stronger, multiracial labor movement? And what can you say to union siblings who aren’t convinced racial justice has anything to do with union politics? This workshop addresses how class and race are inextricably linked, tracing back the origins of “race” as an invention of the ruling class to divide workers. We'll talk about how to move to strategies of unity. This workshop has three parts. We ask that you attend all of them. »
You've been talking to your coworkers, and they say they feel overworked, underpaid, and increasingly pressured by productivity quotas and the ever present threat of discipline. How do you fight for better? Secrets of a Successful Organizer is Labor Notes' core organizing training, in three sessions full of lively participatory exercises. We welcome first-timers and repeat attendees looking to sharpen their skills. »
Colleges closing. Departments and courses eliminated. Austerity driving debt and debt driving austerity. Public higher education’s future is being held hostage by financial institutions and actors. How did it get this way? How do we organize to free public higher education from the talons of debt and create a space for liberatory education? Join the Coalition Against Campus Debt as they share insights to these questions from their book, Lend and Rule: Fighting the Shadow Financialization of Public Higher Education. »
Photo credit: Jim West This workshop is for stewards and elected officers who work with stewards - not staff. Please register only if this applies to you. When: Wednesday, October 23 Time: 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Eastern (4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Pacific). Where: This is an online workshop and will be held via Zoom. Registration fee $25 - Registration plus a HALF OFF one-year subscription to Labor Notes $10 - Regular registration No one will be turned away for lack of funds. »
Join labor activists from around Alabama—and the whole region—to strategize, share skills, and learn ways to organize to win. Troublemakers Schools are day-long mini-conferences that cover organizing skills and highlight real-world examples of taking on the boss, and winning! Whether you're new to union activism or are an experienced union activist, there's something there for you! Date: October 19, 2024, 10:00 am Location: First Church Birmingham, 518 19th St. N, Birmingham, AL 35203 »
Join Labor Notes and labor activists from around the area to strategize, share skills, and learn ways to organize to win. Troublemakers Schools are day-long mini-conferences that cover organizing skills and highlight real-world examples of taking on the boss - and winning. Whether you’re new to union activism or are an experienced union activist, there’s something there for you! When: Saturday, October 19, 2024, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Where: UAW Region 9 Hall, 35 George Karl Blvd # 100, Buffalo, NY 14221 »

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